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2016
Threatened and Invasive Reptiles Are Not Two Sides of the Same Coin, Reid Tingley, Peter J. Mahoney, Andrew M. Durso, Aimee G. Tallian, Alejandra Moran-Ordonez, and Karen H. Beard; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Fully-Sampled Phylogenies for Squamates Reveal Evolutionary Patterns in Extinction Risk, Joao Filipe Riva Tonini, Karen H. Beard, Rodrigo Barbosa Ferreira, Walter Jetz, and R. Alexander Pyron; Biological Conservation
Do we need demographic data to forecast plant population dynamics?, Andrew T. Tredennick; Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Forecasting climate change impacts on plant populations over large spatial extents, Andrew T. Tredennick, Melvin Hooten, Cameron L. Aldridge, Collin G. Homer, Andrew R. Kleinhesselink, and Peter B. Adler; Ecosphere
Gender Equality deserves the attention of our societies, Helga Van Miegroet; CSA News
Carbon cycling in lodgepole pine forests after mountain pine beetle outbreaks, Helga Van Miegroet and Hansen; International Congress of Entomology
Are Cattle Surrogate Wildlife? Savanna Plant Community Composition Explained by Total Herbivory more than Herbivore Type, Kari E. Veblen, Lauren M. Porensky, Corinna Riginos, and Truman P. Young; Ecological Applications
Adaptive Toolbox for Medusahead Control: An Integration of Novel and Traditional Approaches, Juan J. Villalba; Utah Section of the Society for Range Management
Grazing as a Tool to Control Medusahead: Does it Work? Sagebrush Ecosystem Conservation: all Lands, all Hands, Juan J. Villalba; Joint Conference of the Great Basin Consortium and a WAFWA-Sponsored Sagebrush Science and Management Meeting
Phytochemicals in Animal Health; Diet Selection and Trade-Offs Between Costs and Benefits, Juan J. Villalba; Nutrition Society Meeting
Phytochemicals in Animal Health; diet selection and trade-offs between costs and benefits, Juan J. Villalba, Morgane Costes-Thire, and Cecile Ginane; Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
Temporal Foraging Patterns of Nonnative Frogs (Eleutherodactylus Coqui) in Hawaii, Arthur C. Wallis, Robyn L. Smith, and Karen H. Beard; Journal of Herpetology
Limber Pine (Pinus flexilis James), a Flexible Generalist of Forest Communities in the Intermountain West, Marcella A. Windmuller-Campione and James N. Long; PLoS ONE
Modifying M-44s to reduce risk of activation by swift fox, Julie K. Young; Wildlife Society Bulletin
2015
Is anthropogenic cougar mortality compensated by changes in natural mortality in Utah? Insight from long-term studies, Lise M. Aubry, Michael L. Wolfe, David N. Koons, David C. Stoner, Patricia Terletsky, Eric M. Gese, and David M. Choate; Biological Conservation
How (Not) to Test Demographic Heterogeneity With the Neutral Theory of Life Histories, Matthieu Authier, Lise M. Aubry, and Emmanuelle Cam; Evolution et Diversite Biologique
Space-Use Behavior ofWoodland Caribou Based on a Cognitive Movement Model, Tal Avgar, James A. Baker, Glen S. Brown, Jevon S. Hagens, Andrew M. Kittle, Erin E. Mallon, Madeleine T. McGreer, Anna Mosser, Steven G. Newmaster, Brent R. Patterson, Douglas E. B. Reid, Arthur R. Rodgers, Jennifer Shuter, Garrett M. Street, Ian D. Thompson, Merritt J. Turetsky, Philip A. Wiebe, and John M. Fryxell; Journal of Animal Ecology
Integrated Step Selection Analysis: Bridgingthe Gap Between Resource Selection and Animal Movement, Tal Avgar, Jonathan R. Potts, Mark A. Lewis, and Mark S. Boyce; Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Recolonizing wolves and mesopredator suppression of coyotes:impacts on pronghorn population dynamics, Kim Murray Berger and Mary M. Conner; Ecological Applications
The relationship between tree above and belowground C inputs and cutin and suberin presence in soil, Antra Boča, J. Hatten, and Helga Van Miegroet; 5th international symposium on soil organic matter
Influence of Shelterbelts on Success and Density of Waterfowl Nests Within the Prairie Pothole Region of North America, Jennifer S. Borgo and Michael R. Conover; Waterbirds
Spatio-Temporal Patterns in the Depredation of Waterfowl Nests in the Prairie Potholes Region, USA, Jennifer S. Borgo and Michael R. Conover; Waterbirds
Identification of Diet Supplements for Elk Management, Hope Braithwaite, Timothy M. Bateman, Juan J. Villalba, Kari E. Veblen, and Eric T. Thacker; 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management
An occupancy-based quantification ofthe highly imperiled status of desert fishes of the southwestern United States, Phaedra Budy, Mary M. Conner, Nira L. Salant, and William W. Macfarlane; Conservation Biology
Aspen Intake and Preference by Sheep: Implications for Herbivory and Aspen Decline, Elizabeth A. Burritt, S. B. St. Clair, and Juan J. Villalba; 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Range Management
Wolf diet in an agricultural landscape of north-eastern Turkey, Claudia Capitani, Mark William Chynoweth, Josip Kusak, Emrah Çoban, and Çağan H. Şekercioğlu; Mammalia
Thermal Patterns Constrain Diurnal Behavior of a Ground-Dwelling Bird, J. Matthew Carroll, Craig A. Davis, R. Dwayne Elmore, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, and Eric T. Thacker; Ecosphere
Linking Soil Quality to Human Nutrition: The Organic Farming Connection, Patrick M. Carr, Jennifer R. Reeve, Amaya Atucha, Lori A. Hoagland, and Juan J. Villalba; The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America Annual Meeting.
Expression of Conditioned Preference for Low-Quality Food in Sheep is Modulated by Foraging Costs, Francisco Catanese, Roberto A. Distel, and Juan J. Villalba; Animal
Free Availability of High-Energy Foods led to Energy Over-Ingestion in Choice-Fed Broilers, Francisco Catanese, Héctor Rodriguez Ganduglia, Juan J. Villalba, and Roberto A. Distel; Animal Science Journal
Fire history in a pine forest in Sierra de Manantlán, Jalisco, Mexico, Julian Cerano-Paredes, Jose Villanueva-Diaz, Rosalinda Cervantes-Martinez, Peter Fule, Larissa L. Yocom Kent, Gerardo Esquivel-Arriaga, and Enrique Jardel-Pelaez; Bosque
Camera Trapping for Conservation in Eastern Turkey, Mark William Chynoweth; TGIF Fusion talk
Conservation and Ecology of Gray Wolves in Eastern Turkey, Mark William Chynoweth; TGIF Fusion talk
Landscape Conservation of Large Carnivores in Eastern Turkey, Mark William Chynoweth
Human-wildlife conflict in eastern Turkey: gaining perspective from community surveys, Mark William Chynoweth, Çağatay Altin, Emrah Çoban, and Çağan H. Şekercioğlu; 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology
Human-wildlife conflict in eastern Turkey: gaining perspective from community surveys, Mark William Chynoweth, Çağatay Altin, Emrah Çoban, and Çağan H. Şekercioğlu; Environment and Sustainability Research Symposium
Conservation of a new breeding population of Caucasian lynx (Lynx lynx dinniki) in eastern Turkey, Mark William Chynoweth, Emrah Çoban, and Çağan H. Şekercioğlu; Turkish Journal of Zoology
Home Range Use and Movement Patterns of Non-Native Feral Goats in a Tropical Island Montane Dry Landscape, Mark William Chynoweth, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Creighton M. Litton, Steven C. Hess, James R. Kellner, and Susan Cordell; PLoS ONE
Comparison of tributarysurvival estimates of steelhead using Cormack-Jolly-Seber and Barker models: implications forsampling effort and designs, Mary M. Conner, Stephen N. Bennett, W. Carl Saunders, and Nicolaas Bouwes; Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Consequences of Hunter Harvest, Winter Weather, and Increasing Population Size on Survival of Non-Migratory Canada Geese in Connecticut, Michael R. Conover, Jonathan B. Dinkins, and Rebekah E. Ruzicka; The Journal of Wildlife Management
Evaluating Vital Rate Contributions to Greater Sage-grouse Population Dynamics to Inform Conservation, David K. Dahlgren; Ecosphere
What does a Sage-grouse Eat?, David K. Dahlgren, Eric T. Thacker, and Terry A. Messmer; USU Extension Fact Sheet
Dendrochronological network of mountain pine (Pinus hartwegii Lindl.) for dendroclimatic studies in northeastern and central Mexico, Jose Villanueva Daz, Julian Cerano Paredes, Lorenzo Vazquez Selem, David W. Stahle, Peter Z. Fule, Larissa L. Yocom Kent, Osvaldo Franco Ramos, and Jose Ariel Ruiz Corral; Investigaciones Geográficas, Boletín del Instituto de Geografía
Annual Report- Greater Sage-grouse Response to Season-long and Prescribed Grazing (NRCS conservation Practice 528) on Paired Ecological Sites, Seth J. Dettenmaier and Terry A. Messmer
Four centuries of reconstructed hydroclimatic variability for Northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico, based on tree rings, Jose Villanueva Diaz, Julian Cerano Paredes, Peter Z. Fule, Citlali Cortes Montano, Lorenzo Vazquez Selem, Larissa L. Yocom, and Jose Ariel Ruiz-Corral; DOAJ
Ogano-mineral interactions promote greater soil organic carbon storage under aspen in semi-arid montane forests from Utah, Mercedes Román Dobarco, Helga Van Miegroet, and A. Jacobson; 5th international symposium on soil organic matter
Cost-distance analysis of mesopredators as a tool for avian habitat restoration on a naturally fragmented landscape, Raymond Dueser, John H. Porter, and Nancy D. Moncrief; Journal of Wildlife Management
Productivity of Mule Deer Tracks Phenological Variability over a Latitudinal Gradient, Thomas C. Edwards Jr., David C. Stoner, Joseph O. Sexton, Heather H. Bernales, and Jyoteshwar Nagol; Utah Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Comparative Evolutionary Diversity and Phylogenetic Structure Across Multiple Forest Dynamics Plots: A Mega-Phylogeny Approach, D. L. Erickson, F. A. Jones, N. G. Swenson, N. Pei, N. Bourg, W. Chen, S. J. Davies, X. Ge, Z. Hao, R. W. Howe, C. L. Huang, A. Larson, S. Lum, James A. Lutz, K. Ma, M. Meegaskumbura, X. Mi, and J. D. Parker; Frontiers in Genetics
Diet of the Nonnative Greenhouse Frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris) in Maui, Hawaii, Rodrigo Barbosa Ferreira, Karen H. Beard, Ryan T. Choi, and William C. Pitt; Journal of Herpetology
The First Bromeligenous Species of Dendropsophus (Anura: Hylidae) from Brazil's Atlantic Forest, Rodrigo Barbosa Ferreira, Julián Faivovich, Karen H. Beard, and José P. Pombal Jr; PLoS ONE
2015 Annual Research Report: Greater Sage-grouse Habitat Use Patterns and Vital Rates in the Morgan-Summit Sage-grouse Management Area: Conservation Implications for Managers, B. Flack and Terry A. Messmer
Environmental Drivers of Deadwood Dynamics in Woodlands and Forests, M. Garbarino, R. Marzano, J. D. Shaw, and James N. Long; Ecosphere
Using the "placeholder" concept to reduce genetic introgression of an endangered carnivore, Eric M. Gese and Patricia A. Terletzky; Biological Conservation
Mountain Pine Beetles Use Volatile Cues to Locate Host Limber Pine and Avoid Non-Host Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, Curtis A. Gray, Justin B. Runyon, Michael J. Jenkins, and Andrew D. Giunta; PLOS ONE
Modelling Preference and Diet Selection Patterns by Grazing Ruminants: A Development in a Mechanistic Model of a Grazing Dairy Cow, MINDY, Pablo Gregorini, Juan J. Villalba, Frederick D. Provenza, P. C. Beukes, and J. M. Forbes; Animal Production Science
Predation Threat Alters Composition and Functioning of Bromeliad Ecosystems, Edd Hammill, Trisha B. Atwood, and Diane S. Srivastava; Ecosystems
Carbon dynamics in central U.S. Rockies lodgepole pine type following mountain pine beetle outbreaks., E. Matthew Hansen, Michael C. Amacher, Helga Van Miegroet, James N. Long, and Michael G. Ryan; Forest Science
Grass-Shrub Associations over a Precipitation Gradient and Their Implications for Restoration in the Great Basin, USA, Maike F. Holthuijzen and Kari E. Veblen; PLoS ONE
Naturalization of almond trees (Prunus dulcis) in semi-arid regions of the Western Mediterranean., Pablo Homet-Gutierrez, Eugene W. Schupp, and José M. Gómez; Journal of Arid Environments
Predicting Greater Prairie-Chicken Lek Site Suitability to Inform Conservation Actions, Torre J. Hovick, David K. Dahlgren, Monica Papes, R. Dwayne Elmore, and James C. Pitman; PLOS One
Wolves Adapt Territory Size,Not Pack Size to Local Habitat Quality, Andrew M. Kittle, Morgan Anderson, Tal Avgar, James A. Baker, Glen S. Brown, Jevon S. Hagens, Ed Iwachewski, Scott Moffatt, Anna Mosser, Brent R. Patterson, Douglas E. B. Reid, Arthur R. Rodgers, Jennifer Shuter, Garrett M. Street, Ian D. Thompson, Lucas M. Vander Vennen, and John M. Fryxell; Journal of Animal Ecology
Beneficial Effects of Temperate Forage Legumes that Contain Condensed Tannins, Jennifer W. MacAdam and Juan J. Villalba; Agriculture
Evaluating Aerial Coyote Removal Risk: Spatial Implications for Mule Deer, Peter J. Mahoney, Julie K. Young, and David C. Stoner; National Conference of The Wildlife Society
Epidemiological Approaches for Understanding Pneumonia in Bighorn Sheep, Kezia R. Manlove; The Wildlife Society
Past Innovations, Current Conundrums and Future Directions for Models at the Math / EPI Interface, Kezia R. Manlove; Montana State University Applied Math Seminar Series
Pneumonia and Bighorn Recruitment, Kezia R. Manlove; MT Chapter of The Wild Sheep Foundation
The Relative Impacts of Invasion and Persistence of a Chronic Pathogen on Bighorn Sheep Demography, Age Structure and Population Growth Rate, Kezia R. Manlove; Ecological Society of America
The Tail's Tale: Can Macroparasite Aggregation Models Resolve Questions About Microparasite Persistence?, Kezia R. Manlove; Ecological Society of America
Hells Canyon Intensive Lamb Pneumonia Outbreak Monitoring, Kezia R. Manlove and E. F. Cassirer
Missouri Breaks Intensive Lamb Monitoring Report, Kezia R. Manlove and E. F. Cassirer
A Quantitative Approach to Assessing the Efficacy of Occupant Protection Programs: A Case Study from Montana, Kezia R. Manlove, Laura Stanley, and Alyssa Peck; Accident Analysis & Prevention
Can Cattle Be Used to Control Sericea Lespedeza?, Gregory K. Mantz, Juan J. Villalba, and Frederick D. Provenza; Rangelands
Modelling water uptake provides a new perspective on grass and tree coexistence, Michael G. Mazzacavallo and Andrew Kulmatiski; PLoS ONE
Selection for Forage and Avoidance of Risk by Woodland Caribou (Rangifer Tarandus Caribou) at Coarse andLocal Scales, Madeleine T. McGreer, Erin E. Mallon, Lucas M. Vander Vennen, Philip A. Wiebe, James A. Baker, Glen S. Brown, Tal Avgar, Jevon Hagens, Andrew M. Kittle, Anna Mosser, Garrett M. Street, Doug E. B. Reid, Arthur R. Rodgers, Jennifer Shuter, Ian D. Thompson, and et al.; Ecosphere
Accomplishment Report for Utah's Adaptive Resource Management Greater Sage-grouse Local Working Groups, Terry A. Messmer, L. Belton, D. Dahlgren, Shandra Nicole Frey, and Rae Ann Hart
Long-Term Landscape Changes in a Subalpine Spruce-Fir forest in Central Utah, USA, Jesse L. Morris, R. Justin DeRose, and Andrea R. Brunelle; Forest Ecosystems
Contrasting Mechanisms of Recovery from Defoliation in Two Intermountain-Native Bunchgrasses, Jayanti Ray Mukherjee, Thomas A. Jones, Peter B. Adler, and Thomas A. Monaco; Rangeland Ecology and Management
Long-term plant responses to climate are moderated by biophysical attributes in a North American desert, S M. Munson, R H. Webb, D C. Housman, Kari E. Veblen, K E. Nussear, E A. Beever, K B. Hartney, M N. Miriti, S L. Phillips, R E. Fulton, and N G. Tallent; Journal of Ecology
How Does Variation in Winter Weather Affect Deer-Vehicle Collision Rates, Daniel D. Olson, John A. Bissonette, Patricia C. Cramer, Patrick J. Jackson, Kevin D. Bunnell, and Daniel C. Coster; Wildlife Biology
Effect of Dietary Protein Level and Quebracho Tannin on Consumption of Pine Needles (Pinus Ponderosa) by Beef Cows, James Alan Pfister, Juan J. Villalba, and Dale R. Gardner; The Professional Animal Scientist
Value of Plant Diversity for Diet Mixing and Sequencing in Herbivores, Frederick D. Provenza, Juan J. Villalba, Randy D. Wiedmeier, Tiffanny D. Lyman, Jake M. Owens, Larry D. Lisonbee, Andrea K. Clemensen, Kevin D. Welch, Dale R. Gardner, and Stephen T. Lee; Rangelands
Genetic Analysis of the Henry Mountains Bison Herd, Dustin H. Ranglack, Lauren K. Dobson, Johan T. Du Toit, and James Derr; PLoS ONE
Competition on the range: science vs, perception in a bison-cattle conflict in the western USA, Dustin H. Ranglack and Johan T. du Toit; Journal of Applied Ecology
Transition From Sagebrush Steppe to Annual Grass (Bromus tectorum): Influence on Belowground Carbon and Nitrogen, Benjamin M. Rau, Dale W. Johnson, Robert R. Blank, Annmarrie Lucchesi, Todd G. Caldwell, and Eugene W. Schupp; Rangeland Ecology and Management
Lichen Monitoring Delineates Biodiversity on a Great Barrier Reef Coral Cay, Paul C. Rogers, Roderick W. Rogers, Anne Hedrich, and Patrick T. Moss; Forests
2015 Annual Report: Effects of Pinyon Juniper Removal on Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus Urophasianus) Habitat-use and Vital Ranges in Northwestern Utah, C. Sanford and Terry A. Messmer
Modeling the Relationship Between Mule Deer Population Dynamics and Primary Productivity, Steven A. Sims, David C. Stoner, Heather H. Bernales, Kent R. Hersey, Jyoteshwar Nagol, Joseph O. Sexton, and Thomas C. Edwards Jr.; Utah Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Mountain Lions: Terrifying, Tremendous, or Simply Tenacious?, David C. Stoner; High Desert Museum of Natural History
Mule Deer Productivity Tracks Phenological Variability Over a Climatological Gradient, David C. Stoner, Joseph O. Sexton, Jyoteshwar Nagol, Heather H. Bernales, and Thomas C. Edwards Jr.; National Conference of The Wildlife Society
Ecosystem Responses to Plant Phenology Across Scales and Trophic Levels, David C. Stoner, Joseph O. Sexton, Jyoteshwar Nagol, Kirsten E. Ironside, David M. Choate, Kathleen M. Longshore, and Thomas C. Edwards Jr.; American Geophysical Union
Ecosystem Responses to Plant Phenology Across Scales and Trophic Levels, David C. Stoner, Joseph O. Sexton, Jyoteshwar Nagol, Kirsten E. Ironside, David M. Choate, Kathleen M. Longshore, and Thomas C. Edwards Jr.; American Geophysical Union
Weather, Plants, and Large Mammals: Satellite Observation of Vegetation Phenology Inform Wildlife Management in the Southwest, David C. Stoner, Joseph O. Sexton, A. Sims, Heather H. Bernales, J. Shannon, Kent R. Hersey, Jyoteshwar Nagol, David J. Mattson, Kirsten E. Ironside, Kathleen M. Longshore, David M. Choate, and Thomas C. Edwards Jr.; Utah Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Characterizing DemographicParameters Across Environmental Gradients: A Case Study With Ontario Moose, Garrett M. Street, Tal Avgar, Arthur R. Rodgers, and John M. Fryxell; Ecosphere
Habitat Selection Following Recent Disturbance: Model Transferability WithImplications for Management and Conservation of Moose (Alces Alces), Garrett M. Street, Lucas M. Vander Vennen, Tal Avgar, Anna Mosser, Morgan L. Anderson, Arthur R. Rodgers, and John M. Fryxell; Canadian Journal of Zoology
Using Life History Trade-Offs to Understand Core-Transient Structuring of a Small Mammal Community, Sarah R. Supp, David N. Koons, and S.K. Morgan Ernest; Ecosphere
Watersheds as a tool to study terrestrial ecosystem process, Helga Van Miegroet; Environmental Science and Resource Management seminarseries
Contrasting Effects of Different Mammalian Herbivores on Sagebrush Plant Communities, Kari E. Veblen, Kyle Nehring, Chris McGlone, and Mark Ritchie; PLOS ONE
Experiences in Utero and Early in Life Influence Feeding Behavior in Ruminants, Juan J. Villalba; Argentinean Society of Animal Production Annual Meetings
Influence of Supplements on Intake of Medusahead by Sheep and Interaction Between Alkaloids and Tannins on Sheep Foraging Behavior, Juan J. Villalba; NCERA 214 Sheep Research Meeting
